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Paul Czinner’s 1936 feature is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic play. When a new regime begins in their homeland, Orlando (Laurence Olivier) is forced to flee and live in the forest. His paramour, Rosalind (Elisabeth Bergner) disguises herself as a man in order to follow suit and an unforeseen love triangle ensues.

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Directed By: Paul Czinner

Written By: J. M. Barrie, Robert Cullen, Carl Mayer, William Shakespeare (play)

Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Run Time: 96 minutes

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Errol Flynn stars as Cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart during the events leading up to the American Civil War. The film depicts Stuart’s romance with Kit Carson Holliday (Olivia de Havilland), his friendship with George Custer (Ronald Reagan), and his conflicts with fanatical abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).

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Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale and Van Heflin

Directed By: Michael Curtiz

Written By: Robert Buckner

Genre: Western, Biography

Run Time: 110 minutes

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The film, originally titled Midnight, was re-released after the rise of one of the actors in the film, Humphrey Bogart. After a head juror Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) votes in favor of sentencing a female murderer to the death penalty, his daughter confesses to him that she killed her boyfriend. Weldon is forced to decide if he is going to stand by his ethics or his family.

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Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull and Margaret Wycherly

Directed By: Chester Erskine

Written By: Chester Erskine, Claire Sifton (play)

Alternate Title: Midnight

Genre: Film Noir, Crime, Drama

Run Time: 76 minutes

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Brigitte Bardot plays Chouchou, a country girl who is discovered by a Parisian magazine and jumps at the chance to head to the City Of Love to become a top model. Chouchou (Bardot) is used to getting her man but when she meets and falls for Michel (Louis Jourdan), she realizes that she’ll have to do a lot more than just be the “beautiful model.”

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Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jordan and Marcel Amont

Directed By: Pierre Gaspard-Huit

Written By: Philippe Agostini, Odette Joyeaux

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Alternate Title: The Bride is Much Too Beautiful

Run Time: 95 minutes

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Ranie Racine (French actress Annabella), the recently engaged daughter of a murdered investment banker, works as a jewelry salesperson to support herself while trying to track down the suspects who embezzled from and killed her father.

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Starring: David Niven, Paul Lucas, Annabella and Romney Brent

Directed By: Harold D. Schuster

Written By: Romney Brent, Roland Pertwee

Genre: Romance, Mystery

Run Time: 77 minutes

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In this musical comedy, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) is a band manager who is lured away to a new job by famous bandleader Artie Shaw (as himself). Two trumpet-playing college students Danny (Fred Astaire) and Hank (Burgess Meredith) plot to bring her back, scheming together in a competitive cat and mouse game.

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Starring: Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw and Burgess Meredith

Directed By: H.C. Potter

Written By: Frank Cavett, Elaine Ryan, Ian McLellan Hunter

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Run Time: 84 minutes